diff --git a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
--- a/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
+++ b/src/filewidgets/kfilewidget.cpp
@@ -1152,8 +1152,21 @@
         emit q->selectionChanged();
     }
 
+    QString lineEditText = locationEdit->lineEdit()->text();
+    int selectionLength = lineEditText.length();
+
+    // if only one item is selected then only select the name of the file
+    // without the file extension
+    if (ops->selectedItems().urlList().size() == 1) {
+        int lastDotPosition = lineEditText.lastIndexOf(".");
+
+        if (lastDotPosition != -1) {
+            selectionLength = lastDotPosition;
+        }
+    }
+
+    locationEdit->lineEdit()->setSelection(0, selectionLength);
     locationEdit->lineEdit()->setModified(false);
-    locationEdit->lineEdit()->selectAll();
 }
 
 void KFileWidgetPrivate::_k_fileSelected(const KFileItem &i)